The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets opened up their 2017-18 campaign on Friday night (Saturday afternoon local time) against UCLA in Shanghai, China. Unfortunately for the Yellow Jackets, they will take the long plane ride home after being dealt a 63-60 loss from UCLA.
The Jackets entering their second season under head coach Josh Pastner were in the game from start to finish, their largest deficit being 10-points in the second half. When considering they were without star sophomore guard Josh Okogie and senior guard Tadric Jackson, the Jackets performance on Saturday was a valiant effort.